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  <section id="set-tests-properties">
<span id="command:set_tests_properties"></span><h1>set_tests_properties<a class="headerlink" href="#set-tests-properties" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<p>Set a property of the tests.</p>
<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">set_tests_properties(</span><span class="nv">&lt;tests&gt;...</span>
<span class="w">                     </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="no">DIRECTORY</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">&lt;dir&gt;</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="w">                     </span><span class="no">PROPERTIES</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">&lt;prop1&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">&lt;value1&gt;</span>
<span class="w">                     </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nv">&lt;prop2&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">&lt;value2&gt;</span><span class="p">]...</span><span class="nf">)</span>
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<p>Sets a property for the tests.  If the test is not found, CMake
will report an error.</p>
<p>Test property values may be specified using
<span class="target" id="index-0-manual:cmake-generator-expressions(7)"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.html#manual:cmake-generator-expressions(7)" title="cmake-generator-expressions(7)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-manual docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">generator</span> <span class="pre">expressions</span></code></a>
for tests created by the <span class="target" id="index-0-command:add_test"></span><a class="reference internal" href="add_test.html#command:add_test" title="add_test(name)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">add_test(NAME)</span></code></a> signature.</p>
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<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.28: </span>Visibility can be set in other directory scopes using the following option:</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DIRECTORY</span> <span class="pre">&lt;dir&gt;</span></code></dt><dd><p>The test properties will be set in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;dir&gt;</span></code> directory's scope.
CMake must already know about this directory, either by having added it
through a call to <span class="target" id="index-0-command:add_subdirectory"></span><a class="reference internal" href="add_subdirectory.html#command:add_subdirectory" title="add_subdirectory"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">add_subdirectory()</span></code></a> or it being the top level
source directory. Relative paths are treated as relative to the current
source directory. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;dir&gt;</span></code> may reference a binary directory.</p>
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<h2>See Also<a class="headerlink" href="#see-also" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
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<li><p><span class="target" id="index-1-command:add_test"></span><a class="reference internal" href="add_test.html#command:add_test" title="add_test"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">add_test()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><span class="target" id="index-0-command:define_property"></span><a class="reference internal" href="define_property.html#command:define_property" title="define_property"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">define_property()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p>the more general <span class="target" id="index-0-command:set_property"></span><a class="reference internal" href="set_property.html#command:set_property" title="set_property"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_property()</span></code></a> command</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-properties.7.html#test-properties"><span class="std std-ref">Properties on Tests</span></a> for the list of properties known to CMake</p></li>
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